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"I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty."
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"What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold."
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"When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom."
Boredom


"I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty."
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"In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated."
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"Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life."
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"The greatest power is not money power, but political power."
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"I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened."
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"I'd heard he was good, and what the hell sense does it make not to hire somebody because of their color?"
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"The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies."
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"Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone."
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"Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone."
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"I didn't have the vaguest idea of what to do " I couldn't keep staring at the wall forever, I told myself. But even that admonition didn't work. A faculty advisor reviewing a graduation thesis would have had the perfect comment: you write well, you argue clearly, but you don't have anything to say."
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Personal Development

"Never ask about the details of someone's personal life, only the quality. Because if they want you to know, they'll let you know. If they don't want you to know, there is no need to know."
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Personal Development

"What grave liability one incurs when one calls a virtuous woman, a whore! It will ruin his countless lives to come. There is no liability if one calls a whore a virtuous woman!"
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Personal Development

"Barking at people earns their respect about as effectively as staring into the sun improves your vision."
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Personal Development

"I am 15 and you are 51, I know you are the best, to be loved by, everyone."
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"It is wise to use titles for people in positions of power, higher education, seniority, or maturity, unless otherwise instructed. This may sound old-fashioned, but practicing respectful traditions will earn you points and inevitably make you seem more cultured and sophisticated. This is especially true with older generations."
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Personal Development

"The natural and untainted male mind respects and loves the woman and her magnificent scope of capability and creative gifts."
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Personal Development

"Being told you are wrong or insulted, gives you an opportunity to practice decency and having a non-response internally."
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"We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him."
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